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rouhani out tos his negotiation skills by saying, by creating a calm environment, a calm environment, we were able to complete the work. in the facility where the ranian ore is turned into an enrichability form. iran has built two secret facilities. several years later it was caught building a station underground. if iran is only seeking peaceful nuclear energy, why is it building structures that way? well, mr. speaker, i think the obvious answer there is clear. netanyahu also asked why iran is trying to develop international, intercontinental ballistic missiles if not to further its nuclear ambitions. icbm's are purposefully designed to be a transportation vehicle for a nuclear weapon. as netanyahu pointed out, you don't build those to carry t.n.t. thousands of miles away. the prime minister's clearly troubled in light of the u.s. history with north korea, just like north korea before it, iran professes to seemingly peaceful intentions it. talks the talk of nonproliferation while seeking to sanctions and buying time for its nuclear program. has derstands that america the same negotia
rouhani out tos his negotiation skills by saying, by creating a calm environment, a calm environment, we were able to complete the work. in the facility where the ranian ore is turned into an enrichability form. iran has built two secret facilities. several years later it was caught building a station underground. if iran is only seeking peaceful nuclear energy, why is it building structures that way? well, mr. speaker, i think the obvious answer there is clear. netanyahu also asked why iran is...
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safe, and collaborative environments. you cannot show me a school that works or a district or a state or a country that works where the notion of collaboration as opposed to competition, the welcoming, safe environment so that schools are central to the community, are not the dominant theory as opposed to testing and sanctioning. that is what we are trying to do. aligned witht are what communities need. we must rate neighborhood schools and try to make sure is apublic education hallmark of democracy and a propeller of our economy. most importantly, we must really make sure that we figure out how to enable all kids to have the opportunity to not only dream big, but achieve them. >> thank you. let me ask you one or two and then we will go to kimberly to start. let me ask you about the common core standards. you said, you think that obamacare is bad and the implementation of the common core is far worse. who is to blame and anyone stepping up to fix this? i am not a big believer in this. i am a union leader and i could easil
safe, and collaborative environments. you cannot show me a school that works or a district or a state or a country that works where the notion of collaboration as opposed to competition, the welcoming, safe environment so that schools are central to the community, are not the dominant theory as opposed to testing and sanctioning. that is what we are trying to do. aligned witht are what communities need. we must rate neighborhood schools and try to make sure is apublic education hallmark of...
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several different factors have led to an environment in the u.s. where the status of online gaming is murky at best. one, a recent d.o.j. opinion that reinterpreted the wire act opened the door for online gaming except for sports betting, to be hosted on an intrastate basis. this has led to a patchwork of state laws with seven states moving to outlaw gaming while others have authorized it in different forms. the most expansive being so far, new jersey, which has authorized multiple forms of internet gambling. nevada is moving in that same direction. in addition to the patchwork of state laws, multinational patchwork exists as well, according to a white paper by the american gaming association, over 80 countries have chosen to legalize internet gaming to some extent. while the u.s. is not explicitly legalized it, our citizens still account for about 15% of the global revenues to the roughly 2,700 websites which host online gaming. this means that americans are patronizing these offshore websites to the tune of over $1 billion a year. and as if that'
several different factors have led to an environment in the u.s. where the status of online gaming is murky at best. one, a recent d.o.j. opinion that reinterpreted the wire act opened the door for online gaming except for sports betting, to be hosted on an intrastate basis. this has led to a patchwork of state laws with seven states moving to outlaw gaming while others have authorized it in different forms. the most expansive being so far, new jersey, which has authorized multiple forms of...
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. -- secure environments. now, as the gentleman from virginia stated, in our view this bill is not perfect. i would have preferred to modernize the undetectable firearms act, to eliminate some loopholes in the law. y requiring that certain metal components be permanent or not . sily removed i would have liked to close that loophole. but frankly i believe that even a loophole in a law is better than no loophole at all, a loophole can be closed down the line, that is a preferred scenario to no law at all. and so i'm not going to oppose this first step because we can't get all of our steps. we will step forward and continue to support the modernization of the undetectable firearms act. this for now is a very good step. it's a step that all of our colleagues should support. i again thank the gentleman from north carolina for his bipartisan leadership. i thank the gentleman from virginia. and i yield back to the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the ba
. -- secure environments. now, as the gentleman from virginia stated, in our view this bill is not perfect. i would have preferred to modernize the undetectable firearms act, to eliminate some loopholes in the law. y requiring that certain metal components be permanent or not . sily removed i would have liked to close that loophole. but frankly i believe that even a loophole in a law is better than no loophole at all, a loophole can be closed down the line, that is a preferred scenario to no...